City of Waco v. Rast

GALLAGHER, O. J.

Appellee, Mrs. Charles Rast, sued the city of Waco for damages for pergonal injuries which she alleged she sustained as the proximate result of the negligence of appellant, its officers, agents, and servants. Appellee alleged thas she stepped from a street car onto a safety zone at the corner of Fifth, and Austin streets, in the city of Waco ; that in passing from the safety zone to the sidewalk, she • stepped over .a chain lying on the pavement; that said chain was attached to a city car; known as 'the “hoodlum,” at the .front end and to another car at the rear end; that the…